Meaning & Origins

Transferred use of the Welsh surname, in origin a variant of Lloyd. This form of the name results from an attempt to represent the sound of the Welsh initial Ll- using traditional English pronunciation and orthography. From the 1890s to the 1930s it was at its most popular in the United States.

Indian (Andhra Pradesh): Hindu name, from Telugu reḍi ‘village headman’. The Kapus or Reddis are the largest caste in the former Madras Presidency (which included most of southern India before the reorganization of the Indian states on linguistic lines).